Well . . . yeah. But, it's something to look forward to. Who will they get to play the characters? could Dante Brasco revise his role as Zuko in the live action movies? How will Shamaylan(sp?) screw it up? You know, that sort of thing.

It starts with Aang boarding one of those earth-bender driven trains and there's an accident, only he survives because he's an air bender secretly. He's stalked by a crazy, disfigured Zuko who reveals that he's the enemy of the avatar and that Aang is an air bender because he's an avatar. Aang is shocked and decides to run away; he breaks out of the walls of Ba Sing Se and is further shocked by the fact that he's really living in the 20th century and the fire nation is a terrorist force working with the their allies, the plant kingdom, to destroy mankind. And he sees fangirls. Only they don't realize they're fangirls. They dress in cosplay and everything.

I've always liked Zuko/Kitara and Sokka/Toph. So far I've missed the last Season 3 episodes out on dvd. It's never at Blockbuster when I go to look. I did see the movie, but at that point I'd missed all of Season 3. Our Nick channel doesn't take to being recorded. *shakes fist*

So maybe it's an Oedipus complex? That would at least make it more interesting...why did Avatar/Harry Potter end up going for the easy instead of the more complex and interesting? *holds hand to head theatrically* I'm so deprived!

I got the DVDs for my daughter for a Christmas gift...have to hide them for several months so I watched the final episode on that site (missed it in real time). Funny, but my son was with me and in spite of his "I'm too manly for Avatar" attitude wanted to watch one of them while she was at a friend's house. No, I think not.

*crosses fingers* But hopefully I dropped enough hints that he'll suggest the Inuyasha DVDs to others for MY Christmas present.

They think I'm nuts and try to ignore my 'little problem'. "Why would a college science professor become fascinated with this strange Japanese anime and want to write fantasy/romance? Must be some sort of mid-life crisis."